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  • Sociology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Racial discrimination poses significant challenges for Black caregivers.
  • Navigating racial socialization with children can induce stress.
  • Coping self-efficacy may influence responses to discrimination and socialization stress.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine Black caregivers' affective responses to racial discrimination.
  • To investigate the association between racial discrimination and racial socialization stress.
  • To test the moderating role of coping self-efficacy in this association.

Main Methods:

  • Survey study with 680 socioeconomically diverse Black caregivers (55% mothers, M_age=37).
  • Assessed affective responses to racial discrimination.
  • Measured racial socialization stress and coping self-efficacy (problem-focused coping, emotion suppression, social support).

Main Results:

  • Caregivers highly bothered by discrimination showed increased racial socialization stress with high problem-focused coping, but decreased stress with low problem-focused coping.
  • High levels of emotion suppression were linked to lower racial socialization stress among caregivers bothered by discrimination.
  • Higher family and friend support correlated with lower racial socialization stress for caregivers bothered by racism.

Conclusions:

  • Problem-focused coping may exacerbate racial socialization stress for Black caregivers highly affected by discrimination.
  • Emotion suppression and social support appear to buffer against racial socialization stress.
  • Interventions should focus on enhancing effective coping mechanisms and social support for Black caregivers.